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Pin Chess Puzzles

Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.

3322 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a pin?

A pin freezes an enemy piece on a line because moving it would expose a more valuable piece behind it. An absolute pin, against the king, makes moving the pinned piece illegal; a relative pin merely makes it losing.

How to spot it

Trace every bishop, rook and queen line through enemy pieces toward the king or queen. When two enemy units share a line with your long-range piece, a pin is on the board or one move away.

What this set trains

Pin puzzles teach you to pile pressure on an immobilized target and to notice when a defender that looks solid is actually frozen.

Foundation: 347Developing: 701Challenging: 745Advanced: 1529

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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 385–408 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 02Vx1

Rating 1240 advancedPawnkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0E5BM

Rating 1241 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0H3UY

Rating 1241 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0OaLE

Rating 1244 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0D3kf

Rating 1245 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0PQeA

Rating 1246 crushingendgamekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Fzpl

Rating 1247 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 02Wym

Rating 1249 discoveredAttackkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0BURM

Rating 1249 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0NXXI

Rating 1249 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0SVuq

Rating 1249 advantagemastermiddlegame
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